Gimel Booklet עִ בִ רִ ביתִ ְַּאק ְּש ְּן! Hebrew In Action!
חוברתִג'
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Alef-Bet Chart
This is the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet). Each letter has a name and makes a sound – just like in English.
א ּב ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט Tet Chet Zayin Vav Hay Daled Gimmel Vet Bet Alef
י ּכ כ ְך ל מ ם נ ן ס Samech Final Nun Final Mem Lamed Final Khaf Kaf Yud Nun Mem Chaf
ע ּפ פ ף צ ץ ק ר ׁש ׂש Sin Shin Resh Koof Final Tzadi Final Fay Pay Ayin Tzadi Fay
ּת ת Tav Tav
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Table of Contents
Letter to Students ...... 4
Word Review ...... 5
Everyday Words ...... 5
Jewish Words ...... 6
Action Words(past tense) ...... 6
Boys and Girls in Hebrew ...... 7
Reading Practice I ...... 8
Reading Practice II ...... 9
Chirik – ee vowel sound ...... 10
Reading Practice...... 12
More Action Words! ...... 14
Torah Time! ...... 15
Shuruk/ Kubutz – oo vowel sound ...... 16
More Action Words ...... 17
Did You Know The Chalutzim Story? ...... 18
Reading Practice...... 18
Let’s Sling Some Slang!...... 21
Cholam Male/ Cholam Chaser – O vowel sound ...... 22
God Talk ...... 23
Reading Practice...... 24
26 ...... ִּפינָת ַהקֹו ִּמיקס -פינת הקומיקס Comics Corner
Past Tense ...... 28
Plurals ...... 29
Quiz Yourself ...... 33
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Letter to Students ! It’s great to see you again!! Welcome to the World of Gimmel. In this booklet, you’re going to continue to learn to read more words and learn more vowels. We hope you’ll have fun in this unit.
Galeet BenZion, Babette Cohn,
Carole Heller and Lee Welzer
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Word Review Let’s get started by giving you some longer words that use the vowels you’ve already learned.
Everyday Words ּפסַנתֵר
דַפדַפַן web browser
ּבֶּגֶּד-יָם
ּבֵיתִסֵפֶּר
school
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Jewish Words הַבדָלָה havdalah
גַןִעֵדֶּן Garden of Eden ּב רֵ אׁשית In the beginning, Genesis
Action Words (past tense)
(she went) הִָ לִכִָה (she ate) ָא כִלִָה (she celebrated) חִַג גִַה (she wrote) ּכָתבָה (she sang) ׁשָרָ ה
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Boys and Girls in Hebrew In the Bet booklet, we discussed briefly how Hebrew has “boy words” and “girl words.” To put it another way, in Hebrew (like in French and Spanish), words have gender. As you learn to read Hebrew, it’s helpful to recognize whether a word is a “masculine (boy) word” or a “feminine (girl) word.” We’re here to help you do that. Single “feminine words” (Hebrew words also have plural forms but we won’t get into that just yet) .in Hebrew usually end in either an “a” or “et”ִsound Nouns (persons, places, things), verbs (action words), and adjectives (words that describe something, like big/small) all have masculine and feminine forms. Here are some examples of words with feminine endings: (girl) יִַלדִָה
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(glory, greatness) ּתִפאֶּרִֶּת (door( דֶּלֶּת (havdala) הִַבדִָלִָה Following are examples of how masculine and feminine ending words can differ in Hebrew. Masculine Feminine Translation boy/ girl יַלדָה יֶּלֶּד
dog ּכַלּבָה ּכֶּלֶּב
small קטָנָה קָטָן
beautiful יַפַה יַפֶּה
Reading Practice I Circle the Feminine Word in Each Row חִַגִִצִָבִִּכִַלּבִָהִִָאח
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Reading Practice II הַיַלִדָהִׁשָרָ הִּבָׁשַּבָת.ִִגָםִחַג גַהִאֶּתִ חַגִהַּפֶּסַח. The girl sang on Shabbat. She also celebrated the Passover holiday.
הַּכַלּבָהִהָלִכָהִמ הַגַןִאֶּלִהַיָם. The dog went from the park to the sea.
הַאֵםִּפָתִחָהִאֶּתִהַדֶּלֶּת.ִִָא מִרִָהִ"חִַגִ ׂשִָמִֵחִַ!"ִלִַרִַב.
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The mother opened the door. She said “Chag Same’ach” to the rabbi. הַיַלדָהִּבָל עָהִמַהֵרִאֶּתִהַמָרָ ק.ִִגָםִ הַיֶּלֶּדִּבָלַעִמַהֵרִאֶּתִהַמָרָ ק. The girl quickly swallowed the soup. The boy also quickly swallowed the soup.
Chirik – ee vowel sound YEEhah – Our Next Vowel Makes the EE Sound! There are two ways to make the “ee” (as in “Eeeek!” . ִ+י or “peel”) sound in Hebrew: ִ or Here are some examples of words with EE in them:
י ׂשרָ אֵל Israel
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ּפיל
קיר מקלַחַת
מ קלֶּדֶּת
(to me) לִי (”I have – “There is/are to me) יִֵׁשִ לִי (song) ׁשִיר (trip) ִנ סִיעִַה (Egypt) מִצרִַיים (hit – as in pop hit) לִָ הִיט (can – as in a can of Sprite) ּפִָ חִית
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(to light) לִהִַ דלִיק (with) עִם (without) ּבִ לִי (because, that) ּכי (she) היא (I) ָאנ י (mom) אמָא
Reading Practice ּבִעִֶּרִֶּבִׁשִַּבִָת,ִּבִָ אתִיִאִֶּלִּבִֵיּתִַםִׁשִֶּלִ אִמִָ אִוִאִַּבִָ א.ִִאִמִָאִׁשִַָאלִַה,ִ"מִֶּהִ חִָדִָׁש?"ִִָאמִַ רִ תִי,ִ"אִֵיןִחִָדִָׁש.ִִרִַקִ ּבִֵיתִסִֵפִֶּר.ִִהִַ ּכִיתִָהִהִַ כִיִקִָׁשִָהִׁשִֶּ לִיִ הִיאִמִַ דִעִֵיִהִַ מִ דִינִָה."ִִאִַּבִָאִָאמִַ רִלִי,ִ "ּבִֶּן,ִנִָאִ לִהִַ דִ לִיקִנִֵרִׁשִֶּלִׁשִַּבִָ תִוִגַםִ
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ּב אֶּמֶּתִּכֵיף. On Friday evening, I came to mom and dad’s house. Mom asked me, “What’s new?” I said, “Nothing new. Just school. My hardest class is political science.” Dad said to me, “Son, please light a Shabbat candle and Mom will light a Shabbat candle too.” I lit a candle. Mom lit her candle. I sang Shabbat songs until 10. Shabbat with my family is really fun.
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More Action Words!
You already know that Hebrew nouns and verbs are masculine or feminine. Here are some more forms of some verbs. In English, we say, “I go, you go, he/she goes, we go, they go.” Hebrew (and lots of other languages) use different forms of a verb for different pronouns (a pronoun is I, you, she, he, we, they…). And they sometimes have different masculine and feminine forms. Practice reading these. Masculine Femenin Translation you went הָלַכ תִ הָלַכתִָ you wrote ּכָתַב תִ ּכָתַבתִָ you ate ָאכַל תִ ָאכַלתִָ you said ָאמַר תִ ָאמַרתִָ
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Torah Time! The first book of the Torah is called You have already learned .ּב רֵ אׁשית enough Hebrew words and vocabulary to read a slightly modified version of the opening words of the Torah: ּב רֵ אׁש יתִּבָרָ אִהַאֵלִאֶּתִהַׁשָמַי יםִו אֶּתִ הַָארֶּ ץ. ִ.In the beginning God created Heaven and earth
אּו-ָאה,ִמ יִזֶּהִּבָא?! WhOO’s that coming now?!
WhOO’s the next vowel? None other than OO!! Who?!! OOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Shuruk1/ Kubutz2 – oo vowel sound and ּו :There are 2 forms of the Hebrew OO vowel They both make a sound like the OO in the . ִ English word "pool" or a cow saying “Moooo!”
:or ִ include ּו Hebrew words with Jew, blessed 1. ּבָרּוְך י הּודי Jewish .2 ּכ לָנּו all of us ּכּולָם everyone Elul (the last chicken .3 לּול אֶּלּול month of the Jewish year coop
.The Kubutz sign is represented by three diagonal dots " ֻ " underneath a letter 1
2 The Shuruk is the letter Waw with a dot in the middle and to the left of it.
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across, Samuel 4. מּול facing ׁש מּואֵל .5 ׁשָקּול balanced מ אּוחָר late .6 מּוקדָם early מ אּוחָד united .7 ּפַרצּוף face מ ׁשּולַש triangle
ספגַנ יה jelly .8 ַאנַח נּו we doughnut .9 חּולצָה shirt ָאנּו we
on/lit (as in 10 דַלּוק the computer is“ חָלּוצים pioneers on”) excursion/ 11. ט יּול field trip
More Action Words
(we ate) ָאכַל נּו
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(we said) ָאמַר נּו (we lit) ה ד לַקנּו (we went) הָלַכ נּו (we sang) ׁשָר נּו
Did You Know The Chalutzim Story?
“Those were the good old days” stories are called stories in ס י ּפּורֵ ִָאנּו ִּבָאנּו Hebrew. The expression literally means “We Came Stories” because they refer to the stories of the the pioneers – who rebuilt the Land of – חָלּוצים Israel.
Reading Practice
ּבָרּוְךִאַּתָהִיהוִָהִׁשִֶּעִָׂשִָ ִהִנ סִיםִ לִָחִָלּו צִ יםִּבִאִֶּרִֶּ ִץִי ׂשִרִָאִֵל.
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Blessed are You, God, who performed miracles for the pioneers in the Land of Israel.
הַחָלּוצ יםִגַָאלּוִאֶּתִהַַאדִָמִָ הִוִ הִ פִג ינּוִ ג בּורִָה. The pioneers redeemed the land and demonstrated heroism.
ַאנָח נּוִָאכַלִנּוִס פגַנ יָהִּב חָנּוּכָה. We ate a jelly doughnut during Hanukkah.
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ּכּולָנּוִהָלַכ נּוִאֶּלִהַיָםִּב חּופׁשַתִהַּפֶּסַחִ ׁשֶּלָנּוִאּולָםִחֶּלֶּקִמ א יתַנּוִהֶּח לַט נּוִגַםִ לַרּוץִּבַהַרים. All of us walked to the sea on our Passover vacation but some of us decided to run in the mountains as well.
ה דלַקנּוִאֶּתִהַּתַנּורִּוב ׁשָל נּוִַארּוחָה. We lit the oven and cooked a meal.
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יָצָאנּוִמּוק דָםִל ט יּולִל ד יסנ ילָנד. We left early for a field trip to Disneyland.
Let’s Sling Some Slang!
Here are some Hebrew words to help you tell someone how great things are!!
סַּבָּבָה - !Awesome ַאחלָה - !Great מַג נ יב - !Cool/the Bomb הַכי- הַכי - !The best
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Cholam Male/ Cholam Chaser – O vowel sound Oh-Oh! Our Final Vowel is…O! There are two ways to write the vowel that ֹ and ו :makes the O sound in Hebrew Both forms of O make the same sound – when you use one versus the other has to do with Hebrew spelling and grammar rules. You just need to recognize that both forms make the O sound and don’t sweat the rest!
Here are some Hebrew words with O in them:
(or) או (head) רִֹאׁש (purple) סַגול (golf) גולף (Diaspora, exile) גולָה (big) גָדול (Moses) מֹׁשֶּה (dream) חַלום (skateboard) ס קֵטּבורד
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(Come – masculine/feminine forms) ּבוא/ּבואי (arm) ז רועִַ (baby) ת ינוק/ת ינוקֶּת (Zion) ציון (anthem) ה מנון (cup) ּכוס (Kiddush cup) ּכוסִק ידּוׁש (plagues) מַּכות (Torah) ּתורָ ה (youth) נועַר (hello, goodbye, peace) ׁשָלום
God Talk In Hebrew, there are many names for God. You’ve already learned one Another is Adonai – but .אֵל – name it is not written like it sounds. Here are two ways and י הוָה :the name Adonai appears in Hebrew
.י יִִָ
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Reading Practice
ּבִַׁשִַּבִָ ת,ִאִמִָאִ הִ דִ לִיקִָהִנִֵרות. הִַּבִַתִׁשִֶּלִָהִָא מִרִָהִאִֶּ תִתִ פִילִָתִהִַ קִידּוׁשִ וִהִַ רִימִָהִּכו סִקִידּוׁש.ִִאִַּבִָאִָאמִַרִאִֶּתִ תִ פִילִָתִ"הִַמו צִ יא"ִוִחִָתְִַךִאִֶּתִהִַחִַלִָה.
On Shabbat, mom lit candles. Her daughter said the Kiddush prayer and raised a Kiddush cup. Dad said the “Hamotzi” prayer and cut the challah.
24 Gimel Booklet מִֹׁשִֶּ הִּבִיקִֵ שִמִּפִָ רִעִֹהִלִַתִֵ תִלִעִַ ִםִי ׂשִרִָאִֵלִ לִעִָזובִאִֶּ תִמִ צִרִַ ִי ם.ִִּפִַ רִעִֹ הִסִירִֵ ִב.ִִי הוִָהִ ׁשִָלִַחִמִַּכותִעִַ לִמִ צִרִַ ִי ם. Moses asked Pharaoh to let the People of Israel leave Egypt. Pharaoh refused. God sent plagues upon Egypt.
עַמיִרָ כַבִעִַ לִסִקִֵטּבורדִּבִַחִָצִֵרִׁשִֶּלִּבִֵיתִ הִַסִֵפִֶּר.ִִגַםִּתִַ מִיִרִָ כִבִָהִׁשִָםִעִַ לִסִקִֵטּבורד. Ami rode on a skateboard in the schoolyard. Tami also rode a skateboard there.
25 Gimel Booklet אמָאִרָ כבָהִעַלִאופ נועִַאֶּלִהַמ ׂשרַ ד. Mom rode a motorcycle to the office.
הּואִקִָנִָ הִחִיּפּו ׁשִיתִחִַדִָׁשִָה. He bought a new Volkswagen Beetle.
מַּכָּביִתִֵלִָא בִיב ֶה ִּבי ַסהִאֶּתִהַּפועֵלִרַ מַתִ גַןִּב ּכַדּורסַל. Maccabee Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Ramat Gan in basketball.
פִּינָתהַקֹומִּ יקס -פינת הקומיקס Comics Corner (Pinat Hakomiks)
Draw a comic strip about Shabbat using any of the following words:
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ִנ רות הִ דִ לִיקִָ ה/הִ דִ לִיק ּכו סִקִידּוׁש חִַלִָה
ׁשִָלום ׁשִַּבִָת ּבִָרּוְךִאִַּתִָ ִהִי יִָ אִמִָא אִַּבִָא
(songs) ׁש ירים ׁשָרנּו מִָרִָק (we ate) ָאכִַ לִנּו
He said/She said/I said/We) ָאמַר/ָאמ רָ ה/ָאמִַ רִ תִי/ָאמִַ רִנּו said)
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Past Tense Those Who Forget the Past… In Hebrew, endings on verbs show who did or said something. Remember – verbs come from three letter roots in Hebrew. tells you who was doing/saying Verb + ending something.
(said) ָאמַר Let’s show you with the root I said אמר+תי =ִָאמַר תי You (m)3 said אמר+תִָ =ִ ָאמַרתִָ You (f)4 said אמר+תִ =ִָאמַר תִ He said ָאמַר
She said אמר+ה =ִָאמרָ ה We said אמר+נּו =ִָאמַר נּו You (pl.)5 said אמר+תֶּם =ִָאמַרּתֶּם
3 (m) means masculine form.
4 (f) means feminine form.
5 Pl. means plural form.
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You (pl. f) said אמר+תֶּן =ִָאמַר תֶּן They said אמר+ּו =ִָאמ רּו
Plurals One to Many…
Earlier in this booklet, you learned about how to tell if a word is masculine or feminine. Hebrew also has endings to show if a word is plural (more than one). Plural words also have masculine and feminine endings. Masculine plural words end in .(ot) ות eem). Feminine plural words end in) ִים
Here are some examples:
Telephone/Telephones טֶּלֶּפון טֶּלֶּפונ ים Shabbat/Shabbats ׁשַּבָת ׁשַּבָתות
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Reading Practice I Circle the Masculine Plural Word in Each Row:
סֶּרֶּ ט יַעָר מ כ תָבים מ כתָב טֶּלֶּפון
ִִ ִִ ׁשיר ִִ חָבֵר ים מָרָ ק דיסקִִ
ר צ ּפָה
Reading Practice II Circle the Feminine Plural Word in Each Row
חָבֵרַ הִִ ִא יׁשִִ ִִ מ סעַדותִ קֶּׁשֶּת צָבים ִ אמָהות ִִחָתּולַהִ ִִחָתּול כלָבים
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מ בזַקִחַדָׁשות!
Newsflash!
Remember that in the Bet booklet we read the news about an Israeli Supreme Court decision during Purim? Here’s an update on the next page…
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ִ הַּבַגַ"ץִקָבַע:ִִ"הָמָןִרַ ע!"
הַעַרפֵלִסָב יבִמַעַׂשֵיִיועִֵץִמִֶּלְִֶּךִּפִָרִָסִ לִׁשִֶּעִַבִַרִהּוסִַ רִּבִ מִ ׁשִּפִָטִסועִֵר. מ אֵתִּכָתַבֵנּוִל ע ניָנֵיִמ ׁש ּפָט
High Court Holds: “Haman’s Bad!” Fog surrounding the actions of the former advisor to the King of Persia lifts in stormy trial. By our Legal Affairs Correspondent
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Quiz Yourself Practice reading the following words fluently.
.1 מּול ׁש מּואֵל .2 ׁשָקּול מ אּוחָר .3 מּוקדָם מ אּוחָד .4 ּפַרצּוף מ ׁשּולַש ספגַנ יה .5 ַאנַח נּו
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